What's involved with this role:
Temporary Housing Officer x 2- Housing Benefits & Planning
Reference no: NW Leicestershire 5259327
Pay Rate: Up to £16.94 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 36.25 Monday – Friday, 8.45am to 5pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: Coalville, Leicestershire
This role required office working initially and some home working but the candidates will need to be able to be in the North West Leicestershire District each working day
The purpose of this role is to manage a neighbourhood to maximise income and take appropriate action to create inclusive communities.
Candidate must have their own transport and not rely on public transport. Experience working as a generic Housing Officer for a local authority is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure by investigation, negotiation, and enforcement that tenants comply with their conditions of tenancy, particularly with regard to nuisance and anti-social behaviour.
Daily contact with tenants and their representatives concerning any aspect of Housing Management and conditions of tenancy.
To collect witness statements and evidence for cases referred to court, attending court as required.
Complete home inspections for tenants requesting transfer, mutual exchange and home visits.
Monitor current rent arrears and take appropriate action in order to prevent debt to the Council.
Complete estate inspections, including monitoring of the cleaning contract.
Undertake quarterly reviews for Introductory Tenancies and make recommendations for converting to secure or extensions.
Full UK driving licence is required for this role.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Knowledge & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
ASB case management experience is essential for this role.
Experience of working in Housing Management, specifically tenancy management.
Knowledge of Housing Legislation.
Experience of delivering an outcome focused service.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to maximise income
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
Effective Negotiation and influencing skills
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g., G Suite)
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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